- Batteries: recycle at an approved place, otherwise they can harm the environment (day 12)
- Bedsheets (double): donate to an animal rescue society or shelter (day 2)
- Bedsheets (twin): donate to homeless and battered women's shelters (day 2, day 15, day 47)
- Books: donate to AAUW booksale especially if your mom has been volunteering there for 40 years or more (day 13)
- Bottle opener (longhorn): put on the free table at work (day 3)
- Bridesmaid's dresses: give to church fashion show (day 9)
- CDs and DVDs: take them to Recycle Ann Arbor (day 21)
- Carbon copies of checks: even though they have no identifying account information, feel too nervous to recycle in the regular bin. Take to work and shred (day 32)
- Cargo hold cover for 2002 Subaru: advertise on Freecycle and eventually throw in trash (day 46)
- Cell phone: take it back to the Sprint store for resale or recycling (day 50)
- Clocks and watches: donate to the Thrift Shop (day 17)
- College marketing materials: recycle (day 22)
- Composter: give it to someone who works to save monarch butterflies and their habitat (day 44)
- Electronics: recycle at an electronics recycling event in your community (day 12)
- Fencetop planters: give to a co-worker who was looking for some for her deck (day 45)
- Files: recycle them (day 5)
- Furniture: give it away free on Craig's List; when that doesn't work, repost it on freecycle (day 33)
- GPS: sell on Craig's List for $25 (day 43)
- Harpo's girlfriend: throw it out while wearing rubber gloves (day 42)
- Magazines: leave at the free magazine exchange at the library (day 6)
- Nail polish: give them to co-worker with elementary-aged daughters (day 18)
- Piano books: give them to a piano teacher (day 7)
- Prescription medication: turn them in at a designated disposal pharmacy (day 8)
- School photos (extra): give them away at graduation parties (day 21)
- Sleds (flexible flyer): give them to young nieces (day 4)
- Sun hats: with deep regrets, give them to the Goodwill (day 31)
- Terracotta pots: take them to the botanical gardens (day 49)
- Textiles, even stained and holey socks: give them to a thrift shop; even the most trashed items will get recycled or resold (day 14)
- Tuition payment: celebrate by buying a lot of other stuff (day 32)
What to Do with Old Stuff
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Not the longhorn bottle opener! Oh Nooooooo!
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